U'khand crisis: Harish Rawat to meet Congress top brass today

March 21, 2016 10:06

Amid the growing power tussle in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Harish Rawat will arrive in New Delhi today to meet the Congress leadership, apprising them of the current political condition in the state and discuss the next course of action.

Meanwhile, rebel Congress MLA Harak Singh Rawat has written to Uttarakhand Governor KK Paul, urging him to call an Assembly Session tomorrow for the floor test.Paul has given Rawat time till March 28 to prove his majority and that has given time to Congress to deal with the nine rebel MLAs.

The Congress government in the state is under threat with 9 MLAs rebelling against Rawat and the BJP, which has 27 MLAs, staking claim to form the government.Rawat had earlier asserted that Uttarakhand was his priority before anything else and if he was not able to prove majority, then he would promptly offer his resignation.

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